Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't publish anything yesterday. I forgot about it and I was reading a bunch of other fanfics too that had stole my curiosity and attention... . I apologize. I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Oh. And I had someone ask me where I found that "Tikari" was a Japanese name. My apologies. *bows respectfully* I did not know it wasn't Japanese. I just made up the name myself and it sounded cool. I don't know what kind of name it is, I just assumed it was Japanese. My mistake. Please enjoy this chapter!

The way to the market was quiet, but it was a comfortable silence. Tikari walked in between Tohru and Kyo. Tikari reached into her pocket, but found that it was empty. Damnit. She left her IPod and earphones back in her room. Instead, she shoved her hands in her pants pockets as she walked, almost identical to Kyo. They walked into the store and followed Tohru around as she picked out what she needed to buy.

As Tohru decided on what vegetable to buy next, Tikari turned around and watched a little boy and little girl chase each other playfully around the store, laughing and giggling. She smiled softly. At least they knew what it was like to have friends at that age. She frowned a bit. She wasn't even allowed to go outside unless an adult escorted her around. It was usually her mom or dad or both. She could feel someone's gaze on her and she looked to see that it was Kyo. He had noticed her smile and frown. She blinked at him before turning back to Tohru as she spoke to them. She asked them if whatever vegetable she picked up would taste good with what she was going to make later. Tikari smiled and nodded her approval.

"Of course it will!"

Tohru smiled and put it in the basket and began to walk away to go pick out something else. Tikari followed behind and then heard laughing close by. She turned around just in time to see the little boy bump into her. And the little girl bumped into Kyo. Poof! Two puffs of smoke appeared and they were replaced by two orange cats. The two cats quickly ran away, right passed Tohru, and out of the store.

Kyo led the way out of the store and around a corner, hiding in the space between two buildings. Tikari dove into the space after him and then sat, panting. She shook out her fur and glanced at Kyo. He looked pissed. Of course he was pissed off. He just got transformed into a cat, he hated that. This was Tikari's second time changing into a cat today. She sighed softly. Now, all they had to do was wait for Tohru to come out of the store and hope that she had brought their clothes with her for when they transformed back.

"Damnit! Why wasn't I paying attention?" Kyo hissed at himself.

She sighed once more. "Don't beat yourself up over it. It wasn't your fault. It wasn't either of our faults. The kids took us by surprise. It was only an accident." She told him softly.

"Yeah? Well, they should be more careful next time!" Kyo scoffed, still sounding pissed.

Tikari flattened her black ears, knowing there was no use arguing with him once he was like this. She flicked the black tip of her tail before turning around and peering around the corner.

People walked by on the sidewalk. A few people were walking by themselves. A few couples walked by. And a few groups of people walked by as well. All of them were heading all different directions along the sidewalk. But no sign of Tohru yet.

Tikari glanced over her shoulder to see that Kyo was still fuming. She blew air out of her nose softly before slowly walking over to him. He didn't look up until she was right in front of him, close to his face. She stuck out her tongue and licked his head, in between his ears. Kyo flinched and then leaped back; his back arched and fur bristling.

"What the hell was that for?!" He exclaimed.

Tikari was surprised of her own actions. She sat down and curled her tail around her paws, staring at her paws. "I don't know…" She muttered. Her voice was really quiet, she wasn't sure if he had heard her. She was glad when she heard Tohru's voice.

"Kyo? Tikari?"

Tikari's head snapped up and she turned around to peer around the corner. Tohru was calling their names with a bag of groceries and some clothes on her other arm. "Tohru! Over here!" She called. She took a few steps back as Tohru ran over to their hiding place.

"Oh, there you are! I thought you guys might have run to the house or something," Tohru said.

"And transform on the way? I don't think so!" Kyo hissed.

"Oh, well, come on. We better start for the house now then." Tohru suggested as she stood up, for she had knelt down.

Tikari nodded in agreement before bounding over to Kyo. In case he wasn't going to move on his own, she got behind him and nudged him out of the space with her head and paws.

"Hey, hey, hey! I can walk on my own, you know!" Kyo snapped, swiping her paws away.

"Well then, come on, slow-poke," Tikari meowed, bounding out of their hiding place and next to Tohru. She purred and rubbed up against her leg like a normal cat would.

Tohru looked down at her in surprise before smiling with a slight giggle. Tikari blinked up at her and smiled before glancing at Kyo who was staring at her in confusion and a bit of surprise. She winked at him with a smile before bounding away in front of Tohru.

On the way to the house, Kyo and Tikari had transformed back, but they were lucky enough to rush into a hiding place before anyone could see them or them each other. Tohru handed them their clothes and they quickly got dressed before continuing home in silence, not wanting to speak of the incident.

Aww! It seems Tikari enjoys it more than Kyo does to be in cat form :3 I would too lol but that's just me ^.^ Yeah.. the last paragraph you can probably tell it really wasn't put my much effort into. . that's because I had been in a writer's block at the time and just wanted to end the chapter right away... Plz review!